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February 3rd, 2024

CT makes recommendations to improve children’s behavioral health

By Eileen Weber

What came first, the increase in children’s mental health issues or the shortage in staff to help them?

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), anxiety,...

October 1st, 2023

Kids’ mental health getting a boost in Connecticut

By Eileen Weber

Bill focuses on access, play issues

Connecticut’s recently passed Senate Bill 2 focuses on providing more access to mental...

May 3rd, 2023

How can psychologists help kids in aftermath of school shootings?

By Andrew Cromarty

The recent episode of gun violence at The Covenant School in Nashville, TN, that ended the lives of three students and three teachers marked the 19th school shooting of 2023....

January 9th, 2023

A focus on residential schools and post-pandemic challenges

By John Grohol, Psy.D.

In our annual residential schools special issue and directory, I’m pleased to see these important treatment resources are recovering from the challenging times of the...

January 6th, 2023

New May Center School for Autism opens in Chicopee

By Andrew Cromarty

In September the May Institute opened its fifth May Center School for Autism and Developmental Disabilities in Chicopee, Massachusetts. The expansion came in response to the...

November 4th, 2022

Survey shows pandemic added to youth mental health struggle

By Danielle Ray

The pandemic wreaked havoc with so many lives and mental health is just one issue at the forefront with which people of all ages continue to struggle.

According to the...

August 6th, 2022

New Hampshire DOE provides funding to assist summer camps

By Danielle Ray

Pandemic related issues and long-term effects are known to be far reaching and include mental health particularly in youth. The New Hampshire Department of Education (DOE) is...

June 27th, 2022

New England states strive to address impact of pandemic on adolescents

By Catherine Robertson Souter

Pandemics tend to exacerbate mental health issues. At least, in our experience, this one has.

The first year of the pandemic saw a quadruple increase in adults reporting...

June 27th, 2022

Psychologists provide advice on how to talk to kids about war

By Catherine Robertson Souter

In a media-saturated world, it can be difficult to shield children from the most traumatic information. With a war raging in Ukraine and updates on the nightly news, parents...

June 26th, 2021

Advocates, legislators address children’s mental health crisis

By Catherine Robertson Souter

The true toll of this pandemic on the mental health of children and adolescents may take decades to fully understand. Young people can be resilient but the academic and social...

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